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precipice

[ pres-uh-pis ]

noun

  1. a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.
  2. a situation of great peril:

    on the precipice of war.



precipice

/ 藞辫谤蓻蝉瑟辫瑟蝉 /

noun

    1. the steep sheer face of a cliff or crag
    2. the cliff or crag itself
  1. a precarious situation
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫谤别肠颈辫颈肠别诲, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤别肠顎僫路辫颈肠别诲 adjective
  • un路辫谤别肠顎僫路辫颈肠别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of precipice1

1590鈥1600; < Middle French < Latin praecipitium steep place, equivalent to praecipit- (stem of praeceps ) steep, headlong ( prae- pre- + -cipit-, combining form of caput head; caput ) + -ium -ium
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of precipice1

C16: from Latin praecipitium steep place, from praeceps headlong
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For some, procrastination until the precipice of death inevitably led to a rather stressful process of deathbed absolution.

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But the nation still faces 鈥 and hasn鈥檛 yet fallen over 鈥 the precipice between troubled waters and full-on crisis, they said.

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As a person who is probably more on the precipice of being a mother myself, it鈥檚 made me think about what it鈥檚 like to be a true mother.

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At 43, Schwartz could be at the precipice of taking his career in a defined direction.

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For the better part of two years, Democrats told voters that their country was on the precipice of disaster.

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